"The problem with online voting has zero to do with encryption technology
and everything to do with the secrecy of the ballot, and anyone who
confuses the two needs a smack upside the head. The secrecy of the
ballot is ensuring that nobody sees who you are voting for, so that you
can’t be rewarded or punished for it, you know, like in the era of “rum
bottle politics.” And you can’t ensure the secrecy of the ballot with
online voting. “But what about mail-in ballots?” you ask. Well, the
proportion of those is so small that it’s a compromise that we have to
make. Online voting is not comparable."

Given Austria, and various states in the ongoing American Democratic nomination debacle, mail voting is a big problem.

"The problem with online voting has zero to do with encryption technology
and everything to do with the secrecy of the ballot, and anyone who
confuses the two needs a smack upside the head. The secrecy of the
ballot is ensuring that nobody sees who you are voting for, so that you
can’t be rewarded or punished for it, you know, like in the era of “rum
bottle politics.” And you can’t ensure the secrecy of the ballot with
online voting. “But what about mail-in ballots?” you ask. Well, the
proportion of those is so small that it’s a compromise that we have to
make. Online voting is not comparable."

Given Austria, and various states in the ongoing American Democratic nomination debacle, mail voting is a big problem.